Scotland has become the first part of the UK to back minimum pricing for alcohol. MSPs voted by 86 to one in favour of legislation which will mean drinkers must…

MANY people are still "shockingly unaware" of common cancer risks while wrongly believing myths that the disease is caused by aerosol sprays and tight underwear. A survey of 748 people…

MANY people are still

A device which prevents a vehicle from starting if alcohol is detected on the driver's breath was demonstrated at a Safe and Sober seminar held in Dublin yesterday, jointly hosted by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), the Road Safety Authority (RSA) Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and A

A rapidly changing but recession-hit bar sector is finding that use of social media is as vital as a pint of plain in staying a step ahead WHAT has Willie O'Dea's moustache and Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook got to do with running a hugely successful pub in the recession? Well, it turns out that a mou

- 11:34 AM Irish retailers expect Euro 2012 to bring them a boost worth €250m. According to research from Retail Excellence Ireland, businesses are hoping that sales of TVs, sportswear and takeaways will soar during the tournament this summer.

Your editorial (May 17) on the recent UCD research probing the ‘alcoholising’ habits of Irish youth, suggests that it

We are economically bust, but how is it that we manage to maintain a national booze habit that costs the State upwards of €3.7bn a year? It's stating the bleedin' obvious to say that we could desperately do with that sort of money, but there isn't a smidgin of outrage at the enormous price we pay f

The Government has kicked to touch its plans to ban sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry as drugs strategy minister Roisín Shortall admits it may take up to 10 years to enforce it.

A LABOUR MINISTER has confirmed that the government is pressing ahead with plans to ban drinks companies from sponsoring sporting events. Róisin Shortall told the Dáil that Irish society can no longer tolerate the level of alcohol abuse in this country, particularly among young people, who are part